Measurement of visual parameters of landscape using projections of photographs in GIS

Computers, Environment and Urban Systems

Volumn 61, Issue , 2017, Pages 56-65

  Pardo García, Santiago ^a   Mérida Rodríguez, Matías ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

GIS visualization; Landscape metrics; Landscape photography; Panoramas; Viewshed; Visual magnitude

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION;

LANDSCAPE METRICS; LANDSCAPE PREFERENCES; OBJECTIVE EVALUATION; PANORAMAS; SPHERICAL COORDINATE SYSTEMS; STANDARD PROCEDURES; VIEWSHED; VISUAL MAGNITUDES;

PHOTOGRAPHY;

GIS; LANDSCAPE; PHOTOGRAPH; PHOTOGRAPHY; VIEWSHED; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 84992046830     PISSN: 01989715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2016.09.005     Document Type: Article

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